OK, you wouldn't really have seen them. At least their Dartmouth teammates couldn't find them, but the two Houstonians were right there in the Winslow family area cheering on Josh's brother Justise, perhaps the breakout player of the tournament as an all-around standout for Duke.
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The Big Green players are back in town for the start of classes and "mat drills" in advance of the start of spring practice one week from tomorrow.
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Word is that the football team had a pretty solid 3.2 team GPA in the winter term.
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Ryan Paganetti '14, who showed a couple of flashes at running back before injuries ended his career, is now working for the Philadelphia Eagles. He had previously done a scouting internship with the Dallas Cowboys.
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The news first broke some time ago but Yale is continuing a trend with the addition of standout North Carolina State wide receiver Bo Hines. As a freshman last year Hines caught 45 passes for 616 yards for the Wolfpack. The New Haven Register has a story about his decision to head to New Haven HERE.Hines is the latest in line of high-profile Yale transfers. Senior running back Tyler Varga, winner of this year's Bushnell Cup as the top offensive player in the Ivy League, transferred from Western Ontario. Junior quarterback Morgan Roberts transferred from Clemson. Going back a bit, quarterback Patrick Witt came to Yale from Nebraska in 2008 and quarterback Peter Lee '02 transferred from Wisconsin. A little further back, the 1999 Ivy League champions were led offensively by tailback Rashad Bartholomew, who came from Air Force Academy, and defensively by Than Merrill, who transferred from Stanford.
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If you have March Madness on your mind, check out ESPN's 30 for 30 short, The Billion Dollar Game, on the famed Princeton-Georgetown game. Tom Odjakjian, who should get a long look from the Patriot League for its next executive director, is featured prominently in the well-done piece. For what it's worth, he's also prominent in the full 30 for 30 piece, Requiem for the Big East.